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Find-all-the-rooms games

by mg51 - 5 games
"Usually short and contained, not particularly heavy on plot. But they definitely scratch a certain itch."

by MathBrush - 68 games
"These are my favorite games that include some sort of magical or fantastical element. Games with mostly horror or sci-fi elements are on other lists, as are surreal games, fairy tale/nursery games, and religious/mythological games. I've..."

My Top Three

by jbabcock10 - 3 games
"My top three favorite interactive fiction games."

My new walkthroughs for August 2020

by David Welbourn - 13 games
"During the evening of Thursday August 27, 2020, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new..."

Liminal Works

by Karona - 5 games
"What distinguishes these works is the feeling I get while playing them -- the pang of ephemeral beauty, the bittersweetness of nostalgia, or a sense of mystery. Most of these works were recommended to me by members of the Interactive..."

Underrated Menu-Driven Games

by forgepoet - 9 games
"Menu-driven games that I think should have wider exposure. Games that might not be perfect but deserve better than no reviews or no rating."

A starter pack for those new to interactive fiction

by MathBrush - 31 games
"I had a list like this before which I deleted, but I noticed it had a lot of views on intfiction, so I thought I'd make a new one to help people out. It has 10 web-based games, 10 parser games for beginners and 10 parser games of medium..."

My new walkthroughs for October 2021

by David Welbourn - 5 games
"On Friday October 29, 2021, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! (One walkthrough for one short story, Ibo, is not yet on IFDB; see walkthrough for Ibo.) Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons..."

MOON

by MÅNEMANN - 1 game
"It's the MOON list."

My new walkthroughs for April 2020

by David Welbourn - 5 games
"On Wednesday April 29, 2020, I published some new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! One was paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."

Interactive Fiction Competition Winners

by RichCheng - 32 games
"These are the games that won First Place honours in the IFComp each year."

Best Games

by kengle2 - 3 games

Alien settings

by Hellzon - 5 games
"Games with interesting alien worlds, or strange protagonists."

Some of my favorites

by OverThinking - 29 games
"In alphabetical order"

New walkthroughs for December 2022

by David Welbourn - 7 games
"On Friday, December 30, 2022, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works..."

My new walkthroughs for October 2018

by David Welbourn - 6 games
"On Friday, October 26, 2018, I published new walkthroughs for the games listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."

The Canonical Infocom Games

by wfaulk - 36 games
"This is a list of the canonical Infocom games in order of release, as according to the Infocom Fact Sheet."

Puzzle-light games with a strong narrative component

by schifter - 6 games

My new walkthroughs for January 2021

by David Welbourn - 7 games
"On Friday January 29, 2021, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works..."

Infocom Salvaged Adventures

by Tristano - 33 games
"List of the Infocom adventures that were recovered from the salvaged Infocom hard drive, and their source code was published on GitHub in April 2019 by Jason Scott for educational purposes and in an attempt to preserve them from..."

My new walkthroughs for March 2020

by David Welbourn - 9 games
"Quite late on Sunday March 29, 2020, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs..."

Stuff I like

by markm - 2 games
"Really, just some stuff I like"

New walkthroughs for August 2024

by David Welbourn - 4 games
"On Wednesday, August 28, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for..."

Great games set in space

by MathBrush - 34 games
"My list for best sci-fi games has grown too large again, and so I'm splitting it off again. This list only includes games whose primary action is off-planet, or which feature exploring an unfamiliar planet, or which feature..."

List of games with 'forced input'

by dutchmule - 10 games
"This is a list of games which use a specific text effect, which I call "forced input" here (don't know if it has a better name): it's when the game shows you a command prompt, but regardless of what the player types, the command that..."

New walkthroughs for April 2023

by David Welbourn - 11 games
"On Tuesday, April 25, 2023, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works..."

My new walkthroughs for April 2019

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"On Saturday, April 27, 2019, I published new walkthroughs for the games listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."

Best Infocom Games

by Xervosh - 6 games
"The ones I personally enjoyed, and on that admittedly flawed basis, extrapolate you might enjoy the most as well. Presented in chronological order of release."

Games set in laboratories

by beecadee - 6 games
"I love the IF trope of exploring the mysterious, often abandoned or run-down research facility/lab. Here I'm collecting some of my favorite games within that genre. Listed in no particular order"

New walkthroughs for December 2024

by David Welbourn - 10 games
"On Friday, December 27, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works..."

"Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces Infocom" CD Rom

by bgb1975 - 1 game
"Help! I'm a complete layman with this stuff - I have the old Activision CD ROM "Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces Infocom" and am trying to run the games using Gargoyle (downloaded onto my MacBook Pro). But I can't figure out how to do..."

Richly simulated worlds

by Emily Short - 9 games
"IF in which the setting is especially deeply simulated, especially works that implement traditionally difficult systems (fire, liquid, ropes, recording devices, etc)."

Easy, fun, short.

by Michael R. Bacon - 10 games
"Easy to get into and complete while remaining very entertaining."

2023 Alternative Top 100

by Denk - 100 games
"(18sep2023) This is an alternative to other rating based lists with pros and cons in that it allows for games with fewer ratings (5 ratings required) to reach the top of the list which obviously makes their place on the list quite..."

New walkthroughs for October 2023

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"On Sunday, October 29, 2023, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works..."

Games

by Gaal24 - 3 games
"my favorite games "

Played and Liked

by exomarch - 15 games
"As it says"

My favourite games of all time

by Alyssia - 9 games

1-room games

by Luihum - 4 games

Follow your nose!

by palindrome - 3 games
"Games that allow the player to investigate with more than just their eyes."

Crime and Heist games

by MathBrush - 26 games
"I've played a lot of these recently, so I'm making a list. A contrast to my Detective and Mystery games list and similar to my Espionage and Spy game list, where I put Spider and Web, for instance."

Games with mostly custom responses

by dutchmule - 4 games
"Here is a list of games in which most, if not all, of the default responses have been replaced by a custom response. There are prominent examples of such games, and they seem to be popular in the general audience, which could be..."

The games I like

by adorsey23 - 3 games

Explore-the-Structure Genre

by Jim Kaplan - 8 games
"Lengthy games where the PC's express purpose is the exploration of a single complex structure, such as a museum or mansion. Progress in the game is usually measured by the segments of the structure the player has rendered accessible...."

New walkthroughs for November 2021

by David Welbourn - 11 games
"On Friday, November 26, 2021, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works..."

Active Non-player Characters

by Emily Short - 26 games
"Games which make use of non-player characters that have a great deal of independence, often moving around and acting on their own, or taking the lead in conversation. Some of these are more successful than others, but all are likely to..."

spingly's favourite games

by Spingly - 9 games
"not too difficult and/or with mechanics or storylines that i found compelling My comments aim to provide a brief summary with rough suitability ratings"

Now That’s What I Call Wordplay!

by vinceren - 6 games
"GOD i love word puzzles :D or, I liked The Phantom Tollbooth a LOT as a kid."

Good German language games

by ifwizz - 15 games
"The best German language games I ever played"

Games for Handheld Devices

by Marius Müller - 5 games
"This (by no means complete list) lists game which are easy to play on Handheld devices, because they require neither extensive note-taking nor mapping."

Games with Witty Wordplay

by palindrome - 2 games
"I love words! I wanted to make a list of interactive games with wordplay. Most of these are English; since it is my only language."

Combinatorial Explosion

by verityvirtue - 3 games
"Combinatorial explosion is a name fitting for a band, or a game about chemistry, but, according to mama Wikipedia, it refers to "the effect of functions that grow very rapidly as a result of combinatorial considerations". There you have..."

My favorite games

by Paolo Lucchesi - 5 games
"A brief list of the games I've liked, and I would recommend to another player"

My new walkthroughs for August 2018

by David Welbourn - 5 games
"On Thursday, August 30, 2018, I published new walkthroughs for the games listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."

Games with great NPCs

by Reeah - 3 games
"Exactly what it says on the tin. These games include some of my favourite NPCs. Games are in no particular order."

Romantiscience personal picks

by romantiscience - 1 game
"Read-only"

Disturbing

by evil tabby cat - 2 games
"These are games which either sent a shiver down my spine, or made me look at reality differently. Only including games I've actually completed."

An Incomplete List of IF That I've Come To Love

by Wes Modes - 3 games

My new walkthroughs for June 2021

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"On Thursday June 24, 2021, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."

Favorite Games

by Ron Newcomb - 6 games
"Quality games friendly to those of us new to Interactive Fiction and who would have little patience with the text adventures of old."

Stiffy Through The Ages

by Ivanr - 7 games
"One of the most enduring characters in interactive fiction is a guy named Stiffy. Stiffy Makane. A misogynistic, notoriously ill-coded three-room game from 1997 launched an enduring inside joke, and over the past 20 years the ribald id..."

My Underrated Gems

by Lance Cirone - 5 games
"A few of my favorite IF games that just need more love. Some of these are particularly deep cuts, but they're all high quality and worth a playthrough."

My new walkthroughs for September 2018

by David Welbourn - 6 games
"On Friday, September 28, 2018, I published new walkthroughs for the games listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."

Favorite ALAN games

by Anya Johanna DeNiro - 6 games
"These are some of my favorite games written in the ALAN IF-development language. With a lower learning curve and a more natural-language programming environment, ALAN v2 definitely filled an important role in IF before the advent of..."

Favorite "atmosphere" games

by MathBrush - 46 games
"These are games that are fun because of the atmosphere and plot more than the puzzles. These games are not too hard and not too easy. They generally have a big over-arching theme. I have included most horror and comedy games in other..."

Tragedy in interactive fiction

by lobespear - 3 games
"The following games that play with the medium were used as examples of approaches to tragedy in interactive fiction at a Cambridge University lecture in 2007."

Favourite games from 2024

by Max Fog - 10 games
"This is a list of games in 2024 I personally enjoyed the most."

Big, difficult games that I always return to.

by calindreams - 3 games
"Maybe I'm a masochist. I'm not very good at puzzles and I've got the attention span of a gnat. But for some reason I'm always drawn to big difficult games. I like games where you have a lot room to explore and you don't get stuck in one..."

that claustrophobic feeling ... (cw claustrophobia)

by cgasquid - 6 games
"there's a certain kind of feeling in horror (or horror-tinged works in other genres). a feeling that i'm about to graphically describe, so if you suffer from real claustrophobia, consider this a content warning. it's that feeling that..."

Favorite semi-linear games

by MathBrush - 23 games
"These are games like Anchorhead where you have a large amount of freedom, but you can't always return to the beginning. Generally these games are divided into chapters or days, with each one like its own mini game."

My favourite games of all time

by Nomad - 11 games
"I like parser games with easy puzzles that play in a detailed game world. That's two completely different things: I love to dive into a game world, explore its locations, backgrounds, lores and laws, NPCs and their relations. And there..."

My favorite modern IF games in French

by Eriorg - 7 games
"Here are my favorite modern (i.e. since 2000) IF games in French. This selection is, of course, entirely subjective. --- Voici mes jeux IF modernes (i.e. depuis 2000) en français préférés. Ce choix est bien sûr tout à fait..."

Made me laugh an honest laugh.

by Rovarsson - 9 games
"Games that made me laugh sincerely at least once, during play or when thinking about them later."

My new walkthroughs for May 2019

by David Welbourn - 13 games
"On Wednesday, May 29, 2019, I published new walkthroughs for the games listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."

Free IF Playoffs

by OtisTDog - 64 games
"A fan-driven tournament held at intfiction.org between the 64 highest-rated games on IFDB as of June 7, 2024. More information about the tournament can be found at: https://www.ifwiki.org/Free_IF_Playoffs_2024"

New walkthroughs for December 2021

by David Welbourn - 17 games
"On Saturday, December 25, 2021, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for..."

Games with solutions

by macco3k - 1 game

My favorites ones

by Zeno Pillan - 3 games

Benevolent Computers

by Kinetic Mouse Car - 10 games
"Sometimes it is the AI characters who leave the strongest impression whether they are the villain or your closest friend. This list will focus on the latter. This is a mix of AI PCs and NPCs. You either play as an AI with a noble purpose..."

Good games

by Simon Deimel - 9 games
"This is a list of games that affected me. Their contents had a certain impact on me and kept my mind busy even some time after I had finished playing."

Best of SpeedIF

by David Welbourn - 12 games
"SpeedIF games are often overlooked or denigrated, and usually with good reason: with only two hours to code a game, the results can be rather shoddy. Buggy. Plagued with read-author's-mind problems. But not always. Here are a few SpeedIF..."

IF to learn with

by Emily Short - 6 games
"A few IF games are designed to be educational (and not only for children). This is a brief overview of the ones I've found most successful."

My new walkthroughs for September 2020

by David Welbourn - 7 games
"During the morning of Monday September 28, 2020, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new..."

Either Interesting or Emotionally Involving

by Mark Jones - 8 games
"Works that have either broken conventional IF rules to some degree and have successfully gotten away with it (in my opinion), or involved a good storyline. Coincidentally, these types of games happen to be my favorite games."

IF that's a pleasure to READ

by Maureen - 10 games
"I have a soft spot for "literary" IF. Good writing can draw me into a story that doesn't really have much game to it, and amateur writing can wreck an otherwise good game. That's not to say I like puzzle-less IF or text dumps. I enjoy..."

Pieces of Games

by Ron Newcomb - 10 games
"Sometimes the best way to understand a type of puzzle or interaction is a pithy, stand-alone example of it."

New walkthroughs for December 2023

by David Welbourn - 6 games
"On Thursday, December 28, 2023, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for..."

Keyword Parsers

by ImaginaryTalkingRabbit - 5 games
"[LIST IS A WORK IN PROGRESS] Parser games that use keyword input, for example a game where only the words in bold are usable commands. This often means eschewing the standard 'x cat' or 'get banana' style of gameplay. So instead of..."

New walkthroughs for August 2021

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"On Tuesday, August 24, 2021, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below and at IFDB! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new..."

Faves~

by dacharya64 - 5 games
"My favorite IF games of all time, as I've played 'em. "

2023 - Top 50 short list

by manonamora - 7 games
"Tentative list for the Top 50 IF of 2023 It will help me remember the games that really did an impact on me... bc I am terrible at remembering titles There is no ranking here. Also not complete. I will add more stuff before the deadline"

New walkthroughs for January 2025

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"n Wednesday, January 29, 2025, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for..."

favorites

by Lugee - 1 game

My new walkthroughs for June 2020

by David Welbourn - 9 games
"On Friday June 26, 2020, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! (The walkthroughs for Bullhockey! and Under the Bed were published in May, but I'm adding them to this list because I didn't make a list in May..."

vv's comfort food IF

by verityvirtue - 8 games
"Like it says on the tin. I hope these give you a measure of comfort as well."

Games I'd like to play

by Atropos - 10 games

Campus Capers

by Walter Sandsquish - 11 games
"Games set on the author's campus have the same reputation as games set at the author's home: Trite and clumsy. But, some college games have excelled ..."

New walkthroughs for September 2021

by David Welbourn - 6 games
"On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! (Plus a walkthrough for a game called Chipmonk not listed on IFDB yet.) Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon...."

Birthday Games

by jonprime - 2 games
"Interactive Fiction games about birthdays"

IF Arcade

by Ivanr - 5 games
"Graham Nelson once said that a text adventure is a "novel at war with a crossword puzzle". In some works, the novel wins, and in some the crossword wins. This is a list of games where both of them are trounced by the NES. In other words,..."

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